diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index d70899303..c5bbde341 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -161,4 +161,5 @@
   <string name="confirm_stop_download_title">Stop download?</string>
   <string name="confirm_stop_download_msg">Are you sure you want to stop this download?</string>
   <string name="download_change_storage">Storage device selector</string>
+  <string name="tts_not_enabled">Text to speech is not enabled for this ZIM file</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
index 17d3b4eb7..4e8a2ae3b 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/utils/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
@@ -84,11 +84,19 @@ public class KiwixTextToSpeech {
     } else {
       Locale locale = LanguageUtils.ISO3ToLocale(ZimContentProvider.getLanguage());
       int result;
+      if (ZimContentProvider.getLanguage().equals("mul")) {
+        Log.d(TAG_KIWIX, "TextToSpeech: disabled " +
+            ZimContentProvider.getLanguage());
+        Toast.makeText(context,
+            context.getResources().getString(R.string.tts_not_enabled),
+            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+        return;
+      }
       if (locale == null
           || (result = tts.isLanguageAvailable(locale)) == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA
           || result == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
         Log.d(TAG_KIWIX, "TextToSpeech: language not supported: " +
-            ZimContentProvider.getLanguage() + " (" + locale.getLanguage() + ")");
+            ZimContentProvider.getLanguage());
         Toast.makeText(context,
             context.getResources().getString(R.string.tts_lang_not_supported),
             Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();